Briefnesses

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being short in duration or extent
2. a concise or succinct expression in communication
3. the characteristic of not lasting long, often leading to transience

Etymology: "Briefnesses" is the plural of "briefness," the quality of being short or concise. "Briefness" is "brief" plus the suffix "-ness," which English has long used to turn adjectives into nouns of quality. "Brief" comes from Old French "bref," from Latin "brevis," meaning short.

Synonyms: conciseness, shortness, brevity, succinctness, curtness